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i was half myself without you, now i feel so complete

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This one time, a TKS director is on a late-night Zoom call with 12 of us. He monologues about how TKS is completely non-judgmental—his goal is simply to help us better understand ourselves and achieve what we value. Then, he talks about one student he had, whose goal was to get better at piano. “He plays the piano for an hour or two every day after school—think about how much time that is. His mom wants him to, so he could get this piano certificate and always have the backup option to be a piano teacher. Now, isn’t that so silly! Working on his backup option when he could be doing so much more. If he spent that hour every day on his AI focus instead, he’d make so much progress. His parents are confining his potential by worrying about worst-case scenarios. I told him that he is allowed to tell his mom no and pursue what he cares about, but he insists he wants to play the piano.” A student asks, “So… how do you talk to students like that?” “Well, he’s probably confused, as many kids ar

i was half myself without you, now i feel so complete My experience with The Knowledge Society (TKS) laura gao Sep 14, 2024 91 30 5 Share This one time, a TKS director is on a late-night Zoom call with 12 of us. He monologues about how TKS is completely non-judgmental—his goal is simply to help us better understand ourselves and achieve what we value. Then, he talks about one student he had, whose goal was to get better at piano. “He plays the piano for an hour or two every day after school—think about how much time that is. His mom wants him to, so he could get this piano certificate and alwa

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